Welcome
Welcome to my website. Here you will find information on me, my research and publications. I am very keen on getting my ideas across to as wide a number of people as possible. As I publish in lots of different places and in different kinds of formats, I want to use this site to make most of my publications available for free download. As academic publications take a long time to come out and are sometimes published in unusual places, I am also going to include such pieces whenever I can. The download will be in PDF format.
The publications included here are organised by type and then (within each type) by date. There is also a keyword search engine which will help you find papers on themes such as terrorism, human rights, civil liberties or Ireland. Please browse. I also do a very great deal of talks and speak at many conferences and events. These are included here under events.
There are also links to other interesting websites including those for my two workplaces, the Centre for the Study of Human Rights at LSE and Matrix Chambers, from where I practise law. I also have a link to my blog, Conor Gearty Comment where I both give my opinion of topical developments and also try out ideas from time to time (you can also read a summary of each post on this site).
You can also find links to my publications on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN), author 336608. If you want to comment or criticise, please write in the guestbook or you can contact me directly. There are also links to my student courses at LSE, both in the academic year proper and the annual Summer School in Human Rights that I run: see summer school
I am legal correspondent for The Tablet and you will find my contributions to that journal included here.
Latest Publications
A few recent publications:
- Human rights foundations
Published: Doctrine and Life, 2008
Summary: A reflection on the foundations of human rights on the sixteith anniversary of the UNDHR
File size: 224 Kb, 5pp
Keywords: - 28 day detention
Published: The Tablet, 2008
Summary: why did the UK government drop its insistence on 28 day detention before charge? is the initiative gone away for ever?
File size: 200 Kb, 2
Keywords: - Situating International Human Rights Law in an Age of Counter-terrorism
Published: Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies, 2008
Summary: an analysis fo the way anxiety about improving counter terrorism law has eroded international human rights protection
File size: 86Kb, 21pp
Keywords: - The morality of direct action in a democracy
Published: The Tablet, 2008
Summary: A piece on disobedience to the law stimulated by the recent acquittal of environmental activists on charges of criminal damage
File size: 213 Kb, 2
Keywords:
Latest Events
Subscribe to the Events Feed 
- The current terrorism scare: learning from the Irish experience on
Wed, 12th Nov 2008 from 5:00 PM at
Brunel University, UB8 3PH - Freedom in Brown's Britain: A Historical Perspective on
Tue, 4th Nov 2008 from 1:00 PM at
British Library, NW1 2DB - Liberty and Security: The False Divide on
Thu, 23rd Oct 2008 from 7:00 PM at
SOAS, WC1H 0XG